The blood essence gathering tree was different to the wood essence gathering tree or the harmonious essence gathering tree in that it didn't promote the growth of fae materials or fae within a certain vicinity.
Blood essence gathering trees were Blood Attribute Fae, and were usually used by demonic Fae Masters or extremely powerful Sects and Clans.
These specific fae could gather the blood essence of all the deceased creatures within its radius and store it within its body. Eventually, the blood essence gathering tree would sprout blood coloured leaves which could be used in certain blood attribute Fae Formulas.
However, this wasn't the blood essence trees true ability.
At its core, the blood essence gathering tree would gather blood essence and eventually form Blood Fruits. These "Blood Fruits" were special, in that depending on what type of blood the fae was fed, the "Blood Fruits" would have different abilities.
If Arthur fed the blood essence gathering tree wolves blood, then the Blood Fruit would take the form of a wolf's head. If someone where to eat this particular Blood Fruit, then they would gain a single aspect of a wolf's abilities.
Of course, this was only because it was a Rank 1 Blood Essence Gathering Tree.
If it was Rank 2 or higher, the Blood Fruit would give more aspects.
Humans could only eat one Blood Fruit from a single type of blood. So if Arthur were to eat a Wolf Blood Fruit and gain the speed of a wolf, he wouldn't be able to eat another Wolf Blood Fruit.
"Considering this is only a Rank 1 blood essence gathering tree, it can only form Strength, Agility, Endurance or Stamina Blood Fruits. But still, these are more than enough for what I have in store".
The only weaknesses of the blood essence gathering tree, is that after a Fae Master refines it and places it down, they can't ever move it again.
So once the blood essence gathering tree forms and Arthur refines it, he would have to place it somewhere only he would know, so as to not let others benefit from his own hard work.
"The beast tides at the end of the year will provide me with plenty of chances to form Blood Fruits. And even if I don't need some of them, I can always sell them to the Clan. It's not like they know where the Blood Fruits come from".
Arthur let out a deep sigh as he walked through the main gates of Parachenko Village.
Everything had become so much different, it was almost hard to imagine that his thousand years of experience, wasn't just some inexplicable dream.
It might be possible, that everything he was currently experiencing was some crazy dream. And that dying would just reset the whole dream....
Arthur clenched his fist tightly, narrowing his eyes as he walked through the Village streets.
"Nothing will stop me. Not fate. Not time. And certainly not other people".
Arthur turned a corner, hoping to return back to his basement but frowned the moment his shoulder bumped into someone else's.
He narrowed his eyes for a moment and lifted his head, only for his frown to grow deeper as he kept walking by.
"Arthur wait! We've all been looking for you!".
Arthur paused for a moment before turning back to look at the young man's huge physique.
"Why?", he questioned.
Randolf let out a sigh, shaking his head before pointing to the Lecture Hall. His expression slightly envious, as a look of envy appeared on his face.
"One of out classmates! One of the girls! She has-".
Arthur frowned, annoyed by Randolf's avoidance of the point at hand.
"What? I don't have all day for your antics Rand-".
"One of our classmates! He has a Sovereign Boundary Physique!".
An explosion went off in Arthur's mind.
His face turned pale and his calm demeanour shattered as he instantly turned around, shooting forward with the wind stalker fae as he ran through the streets.
Despite his mind and thoughts being a complete and utter mess, Arthur still instantly turned around, and shot forward with an explosive power behind him.
There were too many people walking throughout the streets today, so Arthur gritted his teeth and leaped up towards the rooftops. He jumped from wall to wall, flipping once before running across the tiled roofs of Parachenko Village, heading straight towards the Lecture Hall.
Randolf's eyes widened as he looked towards Arthur's figure.
His speed, dexterity and physical fitness astounded him completely.
If it wasn't for this young girl who awakened the Sovereign Boundary Physique, it was possible that only Arthur would be able to rival Randolf.
Randolf sighed, narrowing his eyes as he leaned against the wall.
"How am I going to survive in this world, with freaks like those two in it....", he thought.
Arthur felt the cold wind brush up against his arms and face. The shiver that crept up his spine caused the hair on his arms and neck to raise, as he gritted his teeth and leapt over a major street.
His mind running at a thousand miles a second!
'How is this possible!?'.
'Why is this possible?!'.
'What is going on?!'.
'Is this due to my influence?'.
'Or is the timestream correcting something?'.
No matter what Arthur thought, he couldn't come to any single conclusion regarding why this had suddenly happened.
Who was this girl?
And why had she awakened one of the Thirty Three Sovereign Boundary Physiques!?
Arthur bit his bottom lip, until the point where it drew blood.
This had to be as a result of him going back in time.
It just had to be!
There was nothing else that could explain just why this had happened!
There was nothing extraordinarily different about this life!
No-one had faced any sudden changes, or trials which awakened their dormant potential!
Even five years into the future, did nothing like this ever happen!
Arthur jumped down off the rooftops and arrived at the Lecture Hall. Most of his classmates were still here, just hanging around practicing after the Lecture for the day.
However-.
All of the Clan Elders, as well as the Clan Leader was here, standing in front of a single girl.
Elder Anatol, the one who was usually in charge of watching over the Clan Reserves placed two fingers on her wrist, pausing a moment before coughing up blood.
"Elder Anatol!".
"Uncle!".
Niklos supported his uncle as the latter smiled, despite the blood painting his teeth crimson. A happy expression could be seen on his face.
It was obvious why he was acting this way.
"It seems this generation of Fae Masters will surpass all others before it Clan Leader!".
Niklos, and all the other Elders eyes widened, shining with hope.
"So, she has a-".
His words cut short, as Elder Anatol nodded his head.
"She possessed one of the Thirty Three Sovereign Boundary Physiques".
Elder Anatol took a step back from the girl, allowing Arthur to see her face.
All the emotion drained out of it, and a formless killing intent gathered in his eyes.
"So.... it's her".
Elder Anatol puffed out his chest and spoke loudly and clearly to the other Elders.
"This girl, Andrea Kovacs, is in possession of the Boundless Forest Yearning Sovereign Boundary Physique! She will help lead our Clan to new heights and push us into the upper echelons of this world!".